Old Pals

There is a lot of good-natured banter going on at Table 22, most of it instigated by our multi-tasker, Jesse Hale. We picked up the action in the most recent hand over there on the far side of the room. In early position, Wilbur Futhey limped in, and the betting folded around to Hale, who was on the button. He raised it up, and action was back to Futhey. Without too much delay, he moved all in for just over 20,000.

"Oh man. If I can put you on ace-king, I can beat you," mumbled Hale.

"Well do it then, put me on ace-king," Futhey responded with a smirk.

"I know. I'm trying. I really am. I'm just thinking back to three months ago in New Orleans."

Apparently Futhey and Hale share a little bit of tournament history, and the little wordplay continued between them for another minute or so. Finally, Hale released his cards, and Futhey took down the pot without confrontation.